Title :
Enhancement of backward-propagating anti-Stokes Raman scattering from Ti-diffused lithium niobate waveguides
Author :
Da Li ; Zhaojun Liu ; Pengda Hong ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Lei Wang ; Ping-Rang Hua ; De-Long Zhang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
We have observed enhancement factors of at least 21 for backward-propagating anti-Stokes Raman signals generated by Ti-diffused lithium niobate waveguides under the microwatt pump power and using a single-photon detector.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; lithium compounds; optical pumping; optical waveguides; titanium; LiNbO3:Ti; Ti-diffused lithium niobate waveguides; backward-propagating anti-Stokes Raman scattering; microwatt pump power; single-photon detector; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lithium niobate; Optical waveguides; Phonons; Photonics; Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
